Ohio State walked away from its season opener against Minnesota with a 45-31 win in a game that felt a bit closer than the final score. But some Buckeyes fans were ready to give up on quarterback C.J. Stroud by the end of the first half when Ohio State trailed, 14-10. © Provided by For The Win Because for the first time in what feels like forever, the Buckeyes don’t have a consistent, reliable and seasoned starting quarterback — yet. But there’s no reason for fans to panic about that — yet. Stroud is not Justin Fields. He’s not Dwayne Haskins or J.T. Barrett or any other dominant Buckeye passer of recent memory, and that’s OK. He is a 19-year-old redshirt freshman who made his first start Thursday night for a College Football Playoff-regular team on the road in front of a rowdy Gophers crowd against a Big Ten opponent…
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